Social project · education · nature protection

Nature watch - observe without startling

Discreet nodes and camera traps support nature education and habitat monitoring.

The wildlife-guardian-nodes project supports ecological education and habitat protection - through discreet nodes with camera traps and traffic counters, run jointly with schools and forest partners.

Scope: education and monitoring only - no military content or commercial hunting.

Who it is for

  • National parks, reserves and State Forests
  • Schools - nature and civic ecology lessons
  • Nature NGOs and forest volunteers
  • Tourists - education without disturbing wildlife
  • Local governments - data on tourism in protected areas

MVP1 Nature

  • 3–5 nodes in camouflaged enclosures (e.g. tree stump, rock)
  • Camera traps and traffic counters - anonymous data
  • Educational panel for schools (offline / mesh)
  • Protocol with 1 pilot park or forest district
  • Off-grid solar power

Budget: PLN 80–180k · 12 months · TRL 2–3

Funding: Environmental grant / EU, NIW, NGO sponsor, protected-area local government

Foundation model

Social licence → educational pilot with forest/park partner → community data publication → school programme development. No commercial hunting - education, monitoring and nature protection support only.

How you can help

Choose how to get involved - email or (soon) online form.

Volunteering

We are looking for volunteers. Node installation, photo review (anonymous), school lessons (2–5 people).

Placements, theses and research

For outstanding candidates: placements in every format (on-site, remote, hybrid), research commissions, sponsorship of engineering, master's and doctoral theses, and joint research with a university.

Newsletter / waitlist

Pilot updates and school participation.

Donate to the pilot

Support nodes, cameras and school educational materials.

Pilot partner

Forest district, park, school - area designation and educational protocol.

Pilot partners (sought)

State Forests / forest districts

State Forests / forest districts

National and landscape parks

National and landscape parks

Schools and nature clubs

Schools and nature clubs

Nature protection NGOs

Nature protection NGOs

Rural local governments

Rural local governments

Portal roadmap

30 days

  • Contact 2 potential forest partners
  • Recruit biology/educator volunteers

90 days

  • Install 2 test nodes
  • 1 pilot lesson in partner school
  • Draft environmental grant application

We are looking for volunteers and academic partners

Across all foundation projects we seek volunteers for field work, documentation, education, logistics and participant care.

For outstanding candidates we offer placements in every format: on-site, remote and hybrid, as well as research commissions, sponsorship of engineering and master's theses, doctoral work and joint research with universities and student research groups.

Write to foundation@aimindllc.com with a short note on your interests and availability.